There are a number of areas of the law concerned specifically with the rights and treatment of Children; these include child custody, child support, and guardianship. Child custody refers to the rights and responsibilities of a parent to his or her children, especially following divorce. There are a number of types of child custody; they govern where a child will live, the amount of contact each parent can have with the child, and other such divisions of responsibility. Guardianship refers to the court’s selection of an individual to act in the best interests of a ward (usually a minor) until the time that the ward can act independently. Child support is the term used when, due to separation or divorce, one of a child’s parents must provide a portion of his or her income to aid the other parent in raising the child.